a renaissance woman
I have breast cancer. Surprise! Also, I haven’t blogged regularly in **checks notes** over six years. All it took was a good, solid tumor, but I’m back, baby! And I have some answers to your most frequently asked questions.
I love music, and I love a very wide, diverse range of it. I’m not much of a fan of live music, though. I find the act of listening to…
Seattle was on our summer itinerary so that I could meet some of the Modern Love Machine’s extended family who were unable to join us for our wedding. Consider it…
Portland was on my to-do list for about six or seven years. It wasn’t quite the it city yet, or maybe it was and I wasn’t aware. For me it…
I’ve been really awful at actually writing about the fun things I’ve done this year, several of which had me crossing off items on my Life List. What good is…
“Hope is not about proving anything. It’s about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.” ― Anne…
I’m usually reticent when it comes to talking about emotionally charged subjects like politics, religion or public tragedies. I always have strong opinions but am generally of the notion that…
I’ve mentioned this before, but perhaps the biggest adjustment in switching from a nights-and-weekends work schedule to a Monday-thru-Friday, 9-to-5 schedule has been learning how to properly pace myself. Now…
Everything in my life has felt off-kilter since a bit before Thanksgiving, so while everyone was spreading tidings of thankfulness and joy I really wasn’t feeling it. I did have…
I was just revisiting my Life List, and I realize that I’ve checked off quite a few items on it this year. Part of that was to be expected. I…
As a political reporter, Election Day night meant either stuffing my face with pizza with butt parked in front of my computer in the newsroom, waiting for results to come…
